Jon Karl Makes Things Worse

CNN’s Howard Kurtz, who knows a little bit about being in the line of media fire for his own work, offered ABC News’s embattled Jon Karl the chance to defend himself on Reliable Sources Sunday. Karl, of course, is in hot water because his “scoop” revealing that the White House tampered with Benghazi talking points relied on doctored email leaked by House Republican sources. That’s not my charge, by the way: CBS’s Major Garrett reported Friday that House GOP staffers peddled the doctored email to him and other reporters.

Karl didn’t appear on CNN, but he gave Kurtz a statement which is brazen and baffling.

Clearly, I regret the email was quoted incorrectly and I regret that it’s become a distraction from the story, which still entirely stands. I should have been clearer about the attribution. We updated our story immediately.

his â€œscoopâ€ revealing that the White House tampered with Benghazi talking points

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Well I’m really not sure what the whole accusation was about anyway. WH “tampering” with Benghazi talking points? Shouldn’t the WH be involved in deciding what information is released to the public and talked about by Admin officials? That this ridiculous faux ‘scandal’ has gone to this level is sad.